On Fri, 10/11/06, Jay Scherrer wrote: > List, > How will this alliance of Novell with Microsoft effect future releases > of Fedora? I am happy that Fedora is continually and fully > open-sourced. > > Reference: > > <http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensource.html> > Q1. How is this agreement compatible with Novell's obligations under > Section 7 of the GPL? > > Our agreement with Microsoft is focused on our customers, and does not > include a patent license or covenant not to sue from Microsoft to > Novell (or, for that matter, from Novell to Microsoft). Novell's > customers receive a covenant not to sue directly from Microsoft. We > have not agreed with Microsoft to any condition that would contradict > the conditions of the GPL and we are in full compliance. > > Novell's end user customers receive a covenant not to sue directly > from Microsoft for their use of Novell products and services, but > these activities are outside the scope of the GPL. > It seems it is a bit too soon to conclude. We shall give it some time. But I'm amazed how Novell is always making stupid decisions. -- Leo
